Toronto 815 Eglinton Avenue East | 114.45m | 34s | RioCan | Diamond Schmitt

WislaHD said:
The landscape plans file is 90mb. Feel like investigating that one? :p
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Clearly someone's job to make sure my bandwidth is fully utilized! LOL

But I'm here to please!

Landscape Plan by Claude Cormier

Tree Species list is interesting......................

Some misclassification of cultivars as native........but the choices in that regard are fine, none are invasive.

Very ambitious list though...............

Trees that require fairly specific conditions and/or have a poor record in urbanized settings:

Red Maple
Red Pine
Eastern Hemlock

Bitternut Hickory! Interesting choice, I think it might do ok.....not that easy to get a caliper-size one though!

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For the most part, there appears to be good investment in soil volumes, with those trees that are not in open soil mostly or entirely benefiting from Silva Cells.

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Paving material of interior pedestrian routes:

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I'm surprised the city accepted a 67mb file. Typically they require them to be broken down into multiple 25mb files from what I remember for submissions.

Tough loss for BDPQ. Claude Cormier is always a welcome addition though, and Diamond Schmitt will do something great here I am sure.
 
An excellent site plan. For one thing, it creates quality pedestrian space away from the noise and pollution of the avenue.
 
Commentary from Geoff Kettel in the Leaside Life:

leasidelife.com

When is community space not really 
community space? - Leaside Life

It’s almost two years since RioCan, the City and the Leaside Residents Assn (LPOA at the time) reached a mediated settlement for the community benefits related to approval of RioCan’s proposed development at 815-845 Eglinton ...more
leasidelife.com leasidelife.com
 
I can't top @Paclo ' s digging above.

But did decide to take a look at the landscape plans for updates.

Still CCxA

Plant list has been refined. Removing Red Pine and Hemlock, understandable, as I noted up thread. However, the addtion of Black Locust is a hard 'No' for me. It's both non-native and invasive, and this site is relatively close to a large natural area.

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Not sure off hand if there have been refinements to the interlock plans, but I'll post the material legend below:

UT's Brick Connoisseur @DavidCapizzano may have thoughts.

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The different interlock patterns can be seen more clearly below:

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Very extensive use of Silva Cells!

Interesting to see that the Landscape Drawings include the Laird Cycle Track......

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Another resubmission here in April '24

@Paclo can confirm any details on the changes, below I will post the included renders:

Building D:

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Building C:

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Building B:

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Close up of the above: (Crosstown station)

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Building E:

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Building A:

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Corner Square/Urban Plaza:

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Private Street:

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